Class Websites

not uniform. linked under "student resources" on www.soundviewacademy.org

Homework

Announcements, News, current unit of study

Schedule & link to Curriculum Map

Student Work Blog (optional)

Link to Skedula

Example: Art site (worksheets, powerpoints,
etc. for students). Elyse's Google Site will
be a online back up for kids, and potentially
a paperless bank of resources for her class.
See the setup on on of her Unit pages (click
the arrow for the link), unit pages, blog posts for student work

Getting everyone Logged in to Google Apps
(Rhys leads) (11:00-11:30), first initial + last name
@soundviewacademy.org, Inbox/gmail, sites, docs, calendar, does everyone see the Staff and School
Calendar?

Best Digital Practices (Rhys) (1:15-2:15), Media Literacy Intro, Definition of MLE, critical thinking & literacy extended to new
media: core principles, 1: MLE requires active inquiry and critical thinking about the messages we receive and create., 2: MLE expands the concept of literacy to include all forms of media., 3: MLE builds and reinforces skills for learners of all ages and requires practice., 4: MLE develops informed, reflective and engaged participants essential for a democratic society., 5: Media are a part of culture and function as agents of socialization., 6: People use their individual skills, beliefs and experiences to construct their own meanings from media messages., you are already experts if you boil it down to
basic communication: who's author, what is
their intention, and what audience is this for?, production = "writing" in new media, not hard for kids to pick up skills, communication tool box, kids can be empowered through SCHOOL to use
these tools to communicate with the
quality/effectiveness you try to teach them with
writing, Relevance to CCSS, Working with Rhys, project-based learning, utilizing digital resources, tools & people
(synchronously or asynchronously), cohort collaboration planning, goal-setting, unit/project/activity planning, PD: to build skills and resources, PD: in-class modeling and assisting, activity: brainstorm how your cohort can use
Rhys, Google Sites: Class Pages, MODEL: the Art Site, unit pages, blog posts for student work, BRAINSTORM: What other sites: exist, are
needed, can be shared?, Humanities?, Art, Science?, Math?, ELA?, CREATE: Shared sites (according to
brainstorm), OR adapt existing sites, CREATE: Unit plan pages, Create New: create Announcement Page for
unit, Layout - 2 column with header/footer, Top part of page is for the permanent unit
resources, "New Posts" below are for updates and related
student work, link resources from Docs & Elsewhere to the
page, Tech Support & Management Strategies, acknowledge limitations of technology, lots of new laptops, limited tech support, what do you do if the Internet is down?, teacher maintenance roles &
team-approach, sign out routine, check-in, check-out procedures, commitment to learn best practices for
maintenance (your knowledge, student help), iTeam, make nominations from your classes, training with Rhys/Hector, student tech leaders in each class, SVA personnel devoted to this now, Domingo: knowing what you have, limited tech
support time, Rhys: troubleshooting, limited time to fix things, Hector: organizing checkout and management, Wallwisher feedback (5 min discussion, and post notes to
WW): http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/svacohorts, Digital Citizenship Contract, Internet Research Best Practices, online safety, cyberbullying, consequences, Software Showcase, Google Forms, leave a survey for your kids on your class blog
-- display results as a graph, give online quizzes: flubaroo, students post quizzes for classmates, Digital Citizenship Contract, Google Presentations, example from SVA iZone, student presentations (see LESP), Screencapture: Jing, Voicethread, iMovie, Diigo.com bookmarking and annotating, Blogger school blog (coming soon), Wallwisher: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/svacohorts, Google+, show stream, show video "hangouts", available in Apps next year..., Smart Notebook Software (for SMART Boards), See the Digital Media Support Site for a list of
21 more tools!

Assessments (& Evaluation of Assessments)

Evaluating Team Collaboration Efficiency

iZone Future State design goals

PML

Inquiry look at Blended Learning
(promising practices)

Rhys' Consulting
Agendas 2012-13 (10
Days)

QR Matrix Prep
& Google Apps
Review
(1-2 Days)

Rhys review the Bins with
Martinez/Frack, Folders for indicators, Documents within folders for Math/ELA/Arts,
etc., Headings with links to examples from
teacher digital portfolios within documents, 1.2 - Research based framework, using collections that show teacher
evaluation above a Danielson table
that supervisers add to, 1.1 linking to student work in teacher
portfolios, 1.3 & 1.4 are under control, 2.2 assessment, performance based assessment of common
core tasks, student work as assessment pieces, 3.1 school vision & documented goals, needs to be written up by Frack, tweaking the future state design to add data
point, 3.4 culture of learning, documenting outreach, documenting home/school connection, 4.1, 5.1 school level decisions

review of 3rd party teacher evaluation apps, can this be remade in Google Apps

creating a template to evaluate assessment
pieces (flexible enough to handle all of the
following), Plan, Do, Check, Adjust (PDCA), applies to all of the following assessment
domains, Assessing Collaborative Teams, Structures, Capacity, Process/Protocols/Practices, Teacher Evaluation & Assessment, Portfolios (needs a structure & model), See this attempt at Danielson template in
Google Docs, Support Staff Evaluation & Assessment, Administration, Social Work & Guidance, Paraprofessionals, Related Service Providers, Deans, Afterschool Providers, Evaluation of Classroom and Schoolwide
Assessment Devices, Assessment of Data Use and Application, Evaluation of Professional Development
Practices including Mentoring, Weekly Staff
PDs and PD Partnerships, Innovative Assessment Practices, ILPs
(Individualized Learning Plans) and Mastery-Based
Tracking, best in an IEP, learning goals, individualized blueprint for that kid, what does this look like?, could it be a mind map?, tie in the Vimeo accounts for individual student
"channels" to record progress reports, New node

Documenting PBAs that are Common Core
aligned

building off of Academic Values
Doc/language

match up Grant/Wiggins with CCLS

What did you do with Kristin Swanson
(Siedenberg/Colon/Diaz/Richards/Cabrera)?
Document accountable talk through digital
evidence (created by students)

Be agressive with Georges (with
Bianca/Guevara). Developing
argument., create models, play them back for the class, looking for a unit of studey that develops
students ability with argument
(evidence-based arguments)

Collaborate with Competency Based Learning
Partners' Unit Plans to build a "blended" unit of
study to bridge CCLS, Competencies and
blueprint standards with a strong assessment
piece.

Peter Avery (arts
liason)

Netty Adu (literacy coach)

Copper

Kristin Swanson (Toledo)

Christina (ischool)

Inquiry Team: Defining,
Consolidating & Documenting
Blended Learning Practices
(4 days + time built in to other
days)

Defining Blended Learning

Document blending learning best practices, Identify blended practices teachers
currently employ, Rhys films it and watches it with students &
teachers (cogenerative dialogs as part of
the documentary editing process), what does it look like in the planning stages?, what does it look like in the classroom?, what was the teacher doing?, what were the students doing?, what resources were utilized?, does what we're trying work?, Chart the progress throughout the year, Garcia designs assessment pieces
(connected to assessment focus above), subjects, co-teaching, online supplementary programs (i.e. compas
learning)

Definition of Media Litearcy Ed, critical thinking & literacy extended to new
media: core principles, 1: MLE requires active inquiry and critical thinking about the messages we receive and create., 2: MLE expands the concept of literacy to include all forms of media., 3: MLE builds and reinforces skills for learners of all ages and requires practice., 4: MLE develops informed, reflective and engaged participants essential for a democratic society., 5: Media are a part of culture and function as agents of socialization., 6: People use their individual skills, beliefs and experiences to construct their own meanings from media messages., TEACHERS - you are already experts if you
boil it down to basic communication (who's
author, what is their intention, and what
audience is this for?), production = "writing" in new media, not hard for kids to pick up skills, communication tool box, kids can be empowered through SCHOOL to use
these tools to communicate with the
quality/effectiveness you try to teach them with
writing, 21st Century citizens need to be able to read
and write in video and internet formats if they
are going to be lifelong learners and informed
participants in a democracy.

Relevance to CCSS, extend CC standards to include media texts, i.e. a film made at SVA is a text to be broken
into parts and analyzed for it's quality,
effectiveness and intention, "Informational Texts" can come in many
modern forms, Critical thinking skills, higher order thinking
can all happen and be archived and assessed
through media projects and activities., Performance tasks can be assessed,
archived, and planned into media projects and
activities.